United Nations ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/2021/13 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 13 April 2021

Original: English

Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee Working Party on Inland Water Transport Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation Fifty-ninth session Geneva, 23–25 June 2021 Item 3 (b) of the provisional agenda Inland waterways infrastructure: Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network (Blue Book)

Amendments to the Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network

Note by the secretariat

I. Mandate

1. This document is submitted in line with the Proposed Programme Budget for 2021, part V, Regional cooperation for development, section 20, Economic Development in Europe. Programme 17, Economic Development in Europe (A/75/6 (Sect.20), para. 20.51). 2. The present document contains amendment proposals to the Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network (Blue Book), transmitted to the secretariat by , Czechia and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine. Slovakia has informed the secretariat that no modifications were required to the data on Slovak inland waterways contained in the Blue Book.

II. List of bottlenecks and missing links in the E waterway network by country

3. Page 6, Basic bottlenecks for Czechia, modify Elbe (E 20) from State border to Ústí nad Labem – extremely low fairway depth during dry seasons (0.9–2.0 m), in the years 1997–2004, the draught was less than 1.40 m during 160–262 days a year making the section commercially non-navigable; the same situation was in last 5 years (2015–2020), especially in 2018 and 2019 when the section was commercially non-navigable during 217 and 141 days respectively; the construction of two locks one lock is necessary. 4. Page 8, Strategic bottlenecks for Germany, delete • Rhine (E 10) — low fairway depth during dry seasons: from St. Goar to Mainz (1.90 m) and low height under bridges at Kehl/Strasbourg. ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/2021/13

III. Table 1, Navigational Characteristics of Main European Inland Waterways of International Importance

5. Page 19, third and fifth entries, column 6, modify

SECTION OF E MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF VESSELS AND

WATERWAY PUSHED CONVOYS WHICH MAY BE

ACCOMMODATED LENGTH*** WIDTH*** DRAUGHT (m) (m) (m) CLASS UNDER COMBINED COMMENTS LENGTH (km) LENGTH E WATERWAY TRANSPORT** BRIDGES**** (m) SUITABILITY FOR SUITABILITY MINIMUM HEIGHTMINIMUM

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E 01-01 KANAAL BOCHOLT — 4.1 85.0/85.0 9.50/9.50 2.80 5.50 IV B Kom — sluis 1 55.0/55.0 7.30/7.30 2.10 2.50 4.93 II C Lommel ... ZUID — 4.9 85.0/85.0 9.50/9.50 2.80 5.50 IV B WILLEMSVAART Bocholt — up to the 52.0/52.0 6.70/6.70 1.90 2.00 5.15 II C Belgium/ border

4. Page 24, second to fifth entries, columns 4 and 5, modify

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E 05 ALBERTKANAAL 9.7 134.0 12.50 3.40 9.10 VIb A Antwerpen — 135.0/200.0 15.00/22.80 23.00 134.0 12.50 3.40 6.70 Vb A 135.0/200.0 15.00/12.50 23.00 ALBERTKANAAL 90.0 134.0 12.50 3.40 9.10 VIb A Wijnegem — Lanaken 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00 200.0 134.0 12.50 3.40 6.90 VIb A 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00 200.0 ALBERTKANAAL 1.0 134.0 12.50 3.40 9.10 VIb A Lanaken 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00 134.0 12.50 3.40 7.00 Va A 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00 ALBERTKANAAL 10.0 134.0 12.50 3.40 9.10 VIb A Lanaken — Kanne 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00 134.0 12.50 3.40 6.90 VIb A 196.0/196.0 23.00/23.00

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5. Page 25, second entry, columns 4 and 5, modify

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E 05-06 NETEKANAAL 5.7 95.0 85.0/95.0 11.40 2.50 7.00 Va A Lier — Duffelsluis 85.0 10.30/11.40 10.30 95.0 85.0/95.0 11.40 2.50 6.94 IV B 85.0 10.30/11.40 10.30

6. Page 27 (a) First entry • Column 7, second line, add a new endnote The height under the road bridge Rheinhausen-Ouisburg-Hochfeld (Rhine km 775.29) is 8.88 m at HNWL1. The height under the bridge Josef-Kardlnal-Frings-Brucke (Sudbrucke Dusseldorf, Rhine km 737.10) is 8.61 m at HNWL. The height under the bridge Kniebrucke Ousseldorf (Rhine km 743.57) is 8.82 m at HNWL. (b) Second entry, column 7, second line, add a new endnote The height under the road bridge Koln-Deutz (Rhine km 687.93) of 9.10 m above HNWL is only available over a width of 94 m. The height under the road bridge Bonn-Beuel (Kennedy-Brucke Bonn, Rhine km 654.94) of 9.10 m above HNWL is only available over a width of 115 m. (c) Third entry, column 6, second line, endnote 19, modify

Fairway Navigable channel depth below GLW2 2012 (between St. Goar and Mainz: 1.90 m below GLW is guaranteed at least 345 days per year). (d) Sixth entry, column 7, second line, delete endnote 20.

IV. Table 2, Parameters of Locks of Inland Waterways of International Importance

7. Page 67, E 02, third entry, columns 3 and 4, modify

E SECTION OF E WATERWAY DIMENSION OF LOCKS COMMENTS WATERWAY LENGTH WIDTH DEPTH AT SILLS (m) (m) (m) 1 2 3 4 5 6 E 02 LEIE 136.0 16.00 2.50 Sint-Baafs-Vijve lock 115.0 12.40 3.50 Harelbeke lock 235.0 12.50

1 High Navigable Water Level. 2 Datum: Gleichwertiger Wasserstand “GLW” i.e. a low navigable water level (LNWL).

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8. Page 71, E 20-06, column 3, modify

1 2 3 4 5 6 E 20-06 VLTAVA 73.0 11.00 2.50 Hořín parallel locks10 Mělník — Praha — Slapy 137.0 20.00 2.50 137.5 69.0 68.8 11.00 2.50 Miřejovice double locksError! Bookmark not defined.0, 11 133.0 20.00 2.50 133.4 52.0 52.1 11.00 2.50 Dolánky double locksError! Bookmark not defined., Error! Bookmark not defined. 133.0 11.00 2.50 133.4 59.0 58.5 11.00 2.50 Roztoky double locksError! Bookmark not defined., Error! Bookmark not defined. 133.0 20.00 2.50 132.4 73.0 11.00 2.50 Podbaba parallel locksError! Bookmark not defined. 135.0 12.00 4.00 115.0 11.00 2.50 Štvanice parallel locks 175.0 11.00 2.50 175.1 174.0 11.00 2.50 Smíchov double locks (98 +72 m) 192.0 12.00 3.50 Modřany lock 134.0 12.00 3.00 Vrané nad Vltavou parallel locks 85.0 12.00 3.00 118.4 12.00 2.50 Štěchovice lock

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